Electoral Act 1985

Where a claim for enrolment or transfer of enrolment made in accordance with section 32(1a) is received at the office of an electoral registrar, the electoral registrar must—

if satisfied of the validity of the claim—enrol the claimant or transfer the enrolment of the claimant, in accordance with the claim; or

if not satisfied of the validity of the claim—reject the claim.

No enrolment may—

be made on the roll for a subdivision; or

be transferred from or to the roll for a subdivision, on the basis of a claim received at the office of an electoral registrar or by operation of subsection (4) between the time on which rolls for an election in the relevant district close and polling day for that election.

Where a claim is rejected, the electoral registrar must notify the claimant in writing—

of the rejection of the claim; and

of the reasons for its rejection; and

of the claimant's rights under this Act to seek a review of the decision.

If a person is enrolled on the Commonwealth roll and the person's address recorded on that roll is an address in a subdivision—

the person is, for the purposes of this Act, to be taken—

in the case of a person enrolled on the Commonwealth roll under section 100 of the Commonwealth Act—

to have made a claim for enrolment; and

to be provisionally enrolled; and

in any other case—

to have made a claim in accordance with this Act, or given notice under section 32A (as the case requires); and

to be enrolled as an elector for the subdivision for the purposes of this Act; and

the particulars on the Commonwealth roll in relation to the person are, with such modifications (if any) as an electoral registrar considers necessary for the purposes of Part

4 of this Act, to be taken to be the particulars in relation to the person on the roll for the subdivision, unless the electoral registrar is satisfied that the person's particulars on the roll for the subdivision are more up‑to‑date than his or her particulars on the Commonwealth roll.